Contentment

"The happiest people don't necessarily have the best, they know how to enjoy what they have." ~(Pastor Charlie) Thorn.


This quote is a parallel to the well-known verse "Godliness with contentment is great gain." I Tim 6:6. Also in Hebrews 13:5 "...be content with such things as you have..."


Are you happy with what you have? Or do you always find yourself wishing you had more? If you watch a lot of TV, you are bombarded with commercials that convince you that you need more. You deserve the best..on and on. The truth is the more we have the more we want.


When our children were quite young, and we would come to the US for some time away from Haiti, we would  give them a little spending money. Of course, with having no "shopping sprees" in Haiti, then coming to Walmart was quite the adventure. They saw so much they really "needed."  So one day they had been looking at so many things, but their money wasn't enough. They told me they needed to step outside for a minute. Of course, I questioned the reasoning behind this. "Well, we need to go pray and ask Jesus how to spend our money." What a lesson. Needless to say, they didn't follow this after they were older.


Prayer needs to go into our spending habits. I am sure we would all be amazed how God would lead us, if we would only ask Him before we buy things. 


Enjoy what you have and be happy. Be content! Be thankful! Let's not look on the things of another and wonder why they can have something and you can't. Life isn't fair, and God knows what is good for you. And Me.


God bless you